{"id":1346993,"date":"2022-02-27T10:07:36","date_gmt":"2022-02-27T15:07:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1346993"},"modified":"2022-02-27T10:08:26","modified_gmt":"2022-02-27T15:08:26","slug":"high-alert-vladimir-putin-warns-of-nuclear-deterrent-readiness-as-ukraine-tensions-rise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/high-alert-vladimir-putin-warns-of-nuclear-deterrent-readiness-as-ukraine-tensions-rise\/","title":{"rendered":"&#039;High Alert&#039; &#8212; Vladimir Putin Warns of Nuclear Deterrent Readiness as Ukraine Tensions Rise"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">28<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fhigh-alert-vladimir-putin-warns-of-nuclear-deterrent-readiness-as-ukraine-tensions-rise%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1346993&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p class=\"subheading\">President Vladimir\u00a0Putin on Sunday ordered his military\u2019s nuclear deterrent forces to be on alert as Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine met increasing resistance as it enters its fourth day.<\/p>\n<p>Putin told defense chiefs\u00a0\u201chigh alert\u201d status is imperative as the West was accused by Moscow of taking \u201cunfriendly\u201d steps against his country.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>NBC News <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nbcnews.com\/news\/world\/putin-orders-nuclear-deterrent-forces-high-alert-tensions-build-ukrain-rcna17853\">reports<\/a>\u00a0the move was in direct response to leading NATO powers making what he called \u201caggressive statements,\u201d according to Tass, the state-owned Russian news agency.<\/p>\n<p>Russia, like the United States, has thousands of nuclear warheads that it maintains as a deterrent to an attack.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">PICS: Heavy Fighting as Russian Forces Battle for Control of Ukraine&#8217;s Second City <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/WVd481zOzc\">https:\/\/t.co\/WVd481zOzc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1497896689058910209?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 27, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>The move is also a reaction to the West announcing hard-hitting financial sanctions against Russian businesses and key individuals, including Putin himself, the president said in televised comments.<\/p>\n<p>The Russian defense minister, Sergey Shoygu, and the chief of the military\u2019s general staff have been ordered to put the nuclear deterrent forces in a what was described as a \u201cspecial regime of combat duty.\u201d<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_20036802\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><a href=\"https:\/\/media.breitbart.com\/media\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238803337.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-20036802\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/GettyImages-1238803337-1024x683-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"990\" height=\"660\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>An Ukrainian Territorial Defence fighter examines a destroyed Russian infantry mobility vehicle GAZ Tigr after the fight in Kharkiv on February 27, 2022.(SERGEY BOBOK\/AFP via Getty Images)<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>Putin, in giving the nuclear alert directive, cited not only the alleged statements by NATO members but the hard-hitting financial sanctions imposed by the West against Russia, including the Russian leader himself.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWestern countries aren\u2019t only taking unfriendly actions against our country in the economic sphere, but top officials from leading NATO members made aggressive statements regarding our country,\u201d Putin said in televised comments, AP <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/russia-ukraine-kyiv-business-europe-moscow-2e4e1cf784f22b6afbe5a2f936725550\">reports<\/a>.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">VIDEOS: Missile Strikes Kyiv Apartment Building; Russia Reportedly Denies Responsibility<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/8QfQK7BgZN\">https:\/\/t.co\/8QfQK7BgZN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Breitbart London (@BreitbartLondon) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BreitbartLondon\/status\/1497692954592378881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 26, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-186 Component-p-0-2-177\">The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations responded to the news from Moscow while appearing on a Sunday news program.<\/p>\n<p class=\"Component-root-0-2-186 Component-p-0-2-177\">\u201cPresident Putin is continuing to escalate this war in a manner that is totally unacceptable,\u201d Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield said. \u201cAnd we have to continue to condemn his actions in the most strong, strongest possible way.\u201d<\/p>\n<h5><em><span>Follow Simon Kent on Twitter:<\/span> <a class=\"twitter-follow-button\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SunSimonKent\" data-show-count=\"false\">Follow @SunSimonKent<\/a> <span>or e-mail to: skent@breitbart.com<\/span><br \/><\/em><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Vladimir\u00a0Putin on Sunday ordered his military\u2019s nuclear deterrent forces to be on alert as Russia\u2019s invasion of Ukraine met increasing resistance as it enters its fourth day. 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